OAKTREE STRATEGIC CREDIT FUND
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts, percentages and as otherwise indicated)
At any time during the Availability Period, the Company may propose an increase in the Maximum Commitment to an amount not to exceed the greater of (a) $750.0 million and (b) 150% of shareholders’ equity as of the date on which such increased amount is to be effective, subject to certain conditions, including the consent of the lenders to increase their commitments and of ING.
The Company has made customary representations and warranties and is required to comply with various affirmative and negative covenants, reporting requirements and other customary requirements for similar credit facilities. Borrowings under the ING Credit Agreement are subject to the leverage restrictions contained in the Investment Company Act.
The ING Credit Agreement contains customary events of default for similar financing transactions. Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an event of default, ING may terminate the commitments and declare the outstanding loans and all other obligations under the ING Credit Agreement immediately due and payable.
As of March 31, 2023 and September 30, 2022, the Company had $120.0 million and $75.0 million outstanding under the ING Credit Agreement. For the six months ended March 31, 2023, the Company’s borrowings under the ING Credit Agreement bore interest at a weighted average rate of 6.21%. For the period from December 10, 2021 (commencement of operations) to March 31, 2022, the Company’s borrowings under the ING Facility bore interest at a weighted average rate of 4.38%. The Company recorded $3,212 and $6,018 of interest expense (inclusive of fees), respectively, related to the ING Credit Agreement for the three and six months ended March 31, 2023. The Company recorded $65 of interest expense (inclusive of fees) related to the ING Facility for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and the period from December 10, 2021 (commencement of operations) to March 31, 2022.
JPM SPV Facility
On February 24, 2023 (the “JPM Closing Date”), the Company entered into a loan and security agreement (the “JPM Loan and Security Agreement”) among OSCF Lending SPV, LLC (“OSCF Lending SPV”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, as borrower, the Company, as parent and servicer, Citibank, N.A., as collateral agent and securities intermediary, Virtus Group, LP, as collateral administrator, the lenders party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (“JPM”), as administrative agent, pursuant to which JPM has agreed to extend credit to OSCF Lending SPV in an aggregate principal amount up to $150 million (the “JPM Maximum Commitment”) at any one time outstanding.
The JPM Loan and Security Agreement provides for a senior secured revolving credit facility that has a three-year reinvestment period (the “JPM Availability Period”) and a stated maturity date that is five years after the JPM Closing Date. Subject to certain conditions, including consent of the lenders and JPM, as administrative agent, at any time during the JPM Availability Period, OSCF Lending SPV may propose one or more increases in the JPM Maximum Commitment up to an amount not to exceed $500 million. Borrowings under the JPM Loan and Security Agreement shall be denominated in U.S. Dollars and bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the forward-looking term rate with a three-month tenor, based on the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator), and as published by CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (or a successor administrator), plus 2.95%.
The obligations of OSCF Lending SPV under the JPM Loan and Security Agreement are secured by all of the assets held by OSCF Lending SPV, including certain loans sold or to be sold or transferred or to be transferred by the Company to OSCF Lending SPV (such loans, the “Loans”) pursuant to the terms of the Sale and Participation Agreement, dated as of the JPM Closing Date (the “JPM Sale Agreement” and, together with the JPM Loan and Security Agreement, the “JPM Agreements”), between OSCF Lending SPV, as buyer, and the Company, as seller, pursuant to which the Company will sell Loans to OSCF
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